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Emin Gün Sirer is the co-founder and CEO of AVA Labs and a professor of Computer Science at Cornell University. His research focuses on Operating Systems, Networking, and Distributed Systems. Additionally, G¨¹n serves as co-director of the Blockchain Alliance IC3 (Initiative for Cryptocurrencies and Smart Contracts), which was funded by the National Science Foundation in 201
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Terry Rossi
Terry Rossi is the Co-Founder & CEO at Woah. Previously, he was the investment director of Blockchange Ventures, a founding team member of Tachyon Accelerator, and an investment analyst at ConsenSys. He holds a BA in Computer Science from Princeton University.
Can Sun
Can Sun was previously general counsel at FTX. He is also a J.D. from Yale University.
Shane Molidor
Shane Molidor was CEO of Business Development at AscendEX, former Global Head of FBG One, which is the client-facing trading division of FBG Capital. FBG One operates an over-the-counter (“OTC”) desk to service clients seeking to trade large quantities of crypto assets, as well as a designated market making program to support token projects following issuance. FBG One trades upwards of $1B per month, and the team consists of over 20 professionals across trading, IT, and business development. Prior to joining FBG One, Mr. Molidor worked in business development at Gemini Trust Company, LLC: a fully regulated New York-based cryptocurrency exchange and custodian founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. Mr. Molidor has worked alongside premiere trading institutions, token projects, and regulators in the cryptocurrency ecosystem since 2015. His experience has equipped him with an intimate understanding of exchange infrastructure, custody solutions, evolving regulation, and marketplace dynamics. Mr. Molidor holds a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University and also attended The London School of Economics where he studied Economics.
Haichen Shen
Haichen Shen is the co-founder of Scroll and leads the engineering team. He is also an open-source enthusiast and has contributed to several open-source projects, including zkEVM, Apache TVM, and RAF. He studied at Tsinghua Yaoban for his undergraduate degree and received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington. His research focuses on the field of low-level systems. After graduating, he worked on building machine learning systems at Amazon.
Tim Wagner
Tim Wagner is the Co-founder and CEO of Vendia. He previously served as VP Engineering at Coinbase. Tim Wagner holds a Bachelor's degree from Princeton University in the United States, and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
Aman Dhesi
Aman Dhesi is a Co-founder and CTO of Stelo Labs. Previously, he was an Investor, exploring, writing, and building projects. He was also a Software Engineer/Tech Lead and Machine Learning specialist at DoorDash, and a Product Manager at Square. He has a Master's degree in Computer Science from Princeton University, and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
John Wu
John Wu is the President of Ava Labs, a technology company backed by Andresseen Horowitz that is building the next-generation blockchain platform: Avalanche. His mission is to make financial services and products accessible to everyone. He is using his experience of more than 20 years as a fintech executive and technology investor to create a blockchain-based solution for the origination, issuance, and trading of financial assets. Previously, John was the CEO of the SharesPost Digital Assets Group, which enabled compliant token trading of private shares and funds. Before that, he was a technology investor and the founder of Sureview Capital, a hedge fund supported by the Blackstone Group. John began his investment career at Tiger Management, a distinguished hedge fund that had $20 billion in assets under management at its peak. Afterwards, he managed a global technology portfolio at Kingdon Capital. John received his MBA from Harvard University and holds a BS in Economics from Cornell University.
Mihee Park
Mihee Park has over 30 years of work experience. Mihee began their career in 1991 as an Officer at Kyongnam Bank. In 1998, they became a Consultant at Korea M&A Corporation, where their main responsibilities included M&A Advisory. Mihee then moved on to Arthur Andersen in 1999 as a Senior Consultant. In 2002, they joined C&P Consulting as a Manager. From 2005 to 2018, they worked at Sibelco Group, where they held the roles of Chief Financial Officer - Asia, Vice President Corporate - Asia, Senior Corporate Finance Manager - Asia, Interim General Manager - Korea, and Integration Manager. In 2018, they joined Zilliqa as the Chief Financial Officer, where they worked on a high-performance, high-security blockchain platform for enterprises and next-generation applications. In 2022, they joined Big Time Studios as the Chief Financial Officer. Mihee Park attended the University of Washington from 1994 to 1997, where they obtained a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Management. Mihee then attended the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford from 2017 to 2018, where they obtained a Certificate in Fintech. In March 2018, they also obtained the Oxford Fintech Programme certification from the University of Oxford Saïd Business School.
Ash Egan
Ash Egan is the Founder of Archetype and a former Partner and Web3 investor at Accomplice VC, where he focused on investing in blockchain and crypto-enabled protocols, applications, and companies. With a background in venture capital, Ash has held several prominent positions in the industry. He was a founding Principal on the venture team at ConsenSys, where he led investments in BlockFi, Vault, RocketPool, and Quantstamp. Prior to that, he worked at Converge VC, where he focused primarily on blockchain/crypto and machine learning applications, and led the firm's investment in Chainalysis' seed round. Ash received his AB in American Politics from Princeton University, where he captained the Men's Varsity Squash team and played on the National Champion Team in 2012. He is a World Economic Forum Global Shaper and serves as an advisor to university students at Harvard Ventures and uConsortium. Ash has been published in Coindesk, VentureBeat, and the Boston Globe.
Colin Butler
Colin Butler is the Global Head of Institutional Capital at Polygon Technology. He has 18 years of experience in the financial markets, including institutional equity sales and trading, private wealth management, and alternatives marketing.